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Sarah Waters Quotes

I’ve never managed to get very far with Henry James Picture Quote #1

All I can do is write about whatever grabs me Picture Quote #1

I love film and, particularly, shorts. You don’t get to see them often, and they’re a great little form, like a short story Picture Quote #1

Don’t you be thinking,’ she says, ‘on things that are done and can’t be changed. All right, dear girl? You think of the time to come Picture Quote #1

My parents were the first in our family to go to grammar school. My grandparents were in service Picture Quote #1

The early 20s were like the waist of an hourglass. Lots of things were hurtling toward it and squeezing through it and then hurtling out the other side Picture Quote #1

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The relationship you have with your mother is like nothing else. They do kind of know everything about you, even though they don’t confront it. That is often a dynamic from childhood onwards. As a teenager, you want to be independent and do slightly furtive things Picture Quote #1

I was encouraged to be imaginative and read, and it was a great childhood for a budding writer because I had the time and the freedom to go into a world of my own Picture Quote #1

It was a great childhood. We weren’t especially wealthy or anything, but I felt I had a kind of safety and freedom Picture Quote #1

My nan was a nursery maid. Most people weren’t in big houses. They were maids of all work Picture Quote #1

I have been being careful since the first minute I saw you. I am the Queen of Carefulness. I shall go on being careful for ever, if you like - so long as I might be a bit reckless, sometimes, when we are quite alone Picture Quote #1

I do love the past but wouldnt want to live in it Picture Quote #1

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.. this feeling haunts and inhabits me, like a sickness. it covers me, like skin Picture Quote #1

Why is it we can never love the people we ought to? Picture Quote #1

I barely knew I had skin before I met you Picture Quote #1

It’s a curious, wanting thing Picture Quote #1

I knew that I couldn’t lie beside her, without wanting to touch her. I couldn’t have felt her breath come upon my mouth, without wanting to kiss her. And I couldn’t have kissed her, without wanting to save her Picture Quote #1

Being in love, you know... it’s not like having a canary, in a cage. When you lose one sweetheart, you can’t just go out and get another to replace her Picture Quote #1

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There is no patience so terrible as that of the deranged Picture Quote #1

The bad blood rose in me, just like wine Picture Quote #1

With every step I took away from her, the movement at my heart and between my legs grew more defined: I felt like a ventriloquist, locking his protesting dolls in to a trunk Picture Quote #1

Why do gentlemen’s voices carry so clearly, when women’s are so easily stifled? Picture Quote #1

I suppose I really seemed mad, then; but it was only through the awfulness of having said nothing but the truth, and being thought to be deluded Picture Quote #1

Weep all the artful tears you like. You shall never make my hard heart the softer Picture Quote #1

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It was heavy, and I staggered when I lifted it; but it was strangely satifying to have a real burden upon my shoulders – a kind of counterweight to my terrible heaviness of heart Picture Quote #1

.. now I begin to feel a longing so great, so sharp, I fear it will never be assuaged. I think it will mount, and mount, and make me mad, or kill me Picture Quote #1

I never expected my books to do even as well as they have. I still feel grateful for it, every single day Picture Quote #1

I’ve given up reading the papers. Since the world’s so obviously bent on killing itself, I decided months ago to sit back and let it Picture Quote #1

I used to hate flying. I would sit there, rigid, convinced that if I relaxed, the plane would drop out of the sky Picture Quote #1

And perhaps there is a limit to the grieving that the human heart can do. As when one adds salt to a tumbler of water, there comes a point where simply no more will be absorbed Picture Quote #1

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I’ve never managed to get very far with Henry James (Sarah Waters Quotes) All I can do is write about whatever grabs me (Sarah Waters Quotes) I love film and, particularly, shorts. You don’t get to see them often, and they’re a great little form, like a short story. (Sarah Waters Quotes) Don’t you be thinking,’ she says, ‘on things that are done and can’t be changed. All right, dear girl? You think of the time to come. (Sarah Waters Quotes) My parents were the first in our family to go to grammar school. My grandparents were in service. (Sarah Waters Quotes) The early 20s were like the waist of an hourglass. Lots of things were hurtling toward it and squeezing through it and then hurtling out the other side. (Sarah Waters Quotes) The relationship you have with your mother is like nothing else. They do kind of know everything about you, even though they don’t confront it. That is often a dynamic from childhood onwards. As a teenager, you want to be independent and do slightly furtive things. (Sarah Waters Quotes) I was encouraged to be imaginative and read, and it was a great childhood for a budding writer because I had the time and the freedom to go into a world of my own. (Sarah Waters Quotes) It was a great childhood. We weren’t especially wealthy or anything, but I felt I had a kind of safety and freedom. (Sarah Waters Quotes) My nan was a nursery maid. Most people weren’t in big houses. They were maids of all work. (Sarah Waters Quotes) I have been being careful since the first minute I saw you. I am the Queen of Carefulness. I shall go on being careful for ever, if you like - so long as I might be a bit reckless, sometimes, when we are quite alone (Sarah Waters Quotes) I do love the past but wouldnt want to live in it (Sarah Waters Quotes) .. this feeling haunts and inhabits me, like a sickness. it covers me, like skin (Sarah Waters Quotes) Why is it we can never love the people we ought to? (Sarah Waters Quotes) I barely knew I had skin before I met you (Sarah Waters Quotes) It’s a curious, wanting thing (Sarah Waters Quotes) I knew that I couldn’t lie beside her, without wanting to touch her. I couldn’t have felt her breath come upon my mouth, without wanting to kiss her. And I couldn’t have kissed her, without wanting to save her (Sarah Waters Quotes) Being in love, you know... it’s not like having a canary, in a cage. When you lose one sweetheart, you can’t just go out and get another to replace her (Sarah Waters Quotes) There is no patience so terrible as that of the deranged (Sarah Waters Quotes) The bad blood rose in me, just like wine (Sarah Waters Quotes) With every step I took away from her, the movement at my heart and between my legs grew more defined: I felt like a ventriloquist, locking his protesting dolls in to a trunk (Sarah Waters Quotes) Why do gentlemen’s voices carry so clearly, when women’s are so easily stifled? (Sarah Waters Quotes) I suppose I really seemed mad, then; but it was only through the awfulness of having said nothing but the truth, and being thought to be deluded (Sarah Waters Quotes) Weep all the artful tears you like. You shall never make my hard heart the softer (Sarah Waters Quotes) It was heavy, and I staggered when I lifted it; but it was strangely satifying to have a real burden upon my shoulders – a kind of counterweight to my terrible heaviness of heart (Sarah Waters Quotes) .. now I begin to feel a longing so great, so sharp, I fear it will never be assuaged. I think it will mount, and mount, and make me mad, or kill me (Sarah Waters Quotes) I never expected my books to do even as well as they have. I still feel grateful for it, every single day (Sarah Waters Quotes) I’ve given up reading the papers. Since the world’s so obviously bent on killing itself, I decided months ago to sit back and let it (Sarah Waters Quotes) I used to hate flying. I would sit there, rigid, convinced that if I relaxed, the plane would drop out of the sky (Sarah Waters Quotes) And perhaps there is a limit to the grieving that the human heart can do. As when one adds salt to a tumbler of water, there comes a point where simply no more will be absorbed (Sarah Waters Quotes)

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